Typological characteristics of social behaviour of of the Physical Education Faculty students

Social behaviour is activities carried out by the individual on the basis of legal and traditional norms obtained in the course of education. They exist outside the individual, and provide the ability to counteract individual behavioural abnormalities. One of the major problems of any typology is the choice of adequate criteria for the allocation of distinct types for subsequent analysis. Training of a modern specialist in physical education requires creation of scientific and educational environment, which has distinctive features. They are connected with the specific subject matter of the student, and with the cultural function of their future careers, as well as the specifics of the interaction with different categories of students, which largely determines the effectiveness of the implementation of that cultural function. We found the major typological features of social behaviour of students of the Faculty of Physical Education. According to the cluster analysis we identified three types of social behaviour of students. The first type was 30.3%, the second type -27.3%, and the third type - 42.4% of the total. Students of the first type of social behaviour demonstrated marked ability to form judgments, knowledge of the language. It should be noted that they have the highest rates of IQ (108.0 ± 3.38). They are interested in sports. On the other hand, they have high levels of anxiety, lack of harmony, aloofness in interpersonal relationships and a marked degree of physical aggression. It is obvious that the students that make up this type of social behaviour need psychological correction of behavioural responses. The dominant parameters determining the social behaviour of the second type are psychoticism and extraversion, expressed parental claims. IQ of the representatives of this type is lower than that of the first type (103.44 ± 3.71). The main trend of the social behaviour of students of the third type is a high level of overall aggression in combination with a high value of group conformity, which indicates good social adjustment of the individual. IQ of the representatives of this type is the lowest of all groups and is 98.36 ± 1.99. Obviously, the existence of different types of social behaviour of students requires consideration of psychological characteristics in the process of elective training in physical education, and in the subsequent career in educational institutions, secondary schools, youth sports schools, pre-school recreational facilities, schools of the Olympic reserve.

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